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Koine Greek wordlink #94892

SR GNT Acts 16:10 ἐζητήσαμεν (ezaʸtaʸsamen) ‘vision he saw immediately we sought to come_out to Makedonia’ Strongs=22120 Lemma=zēteō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=53 AD Event=Call_to_Macedonia TimeSeries=Call_to_Macedonia,Second_Missionary_Journey Refers to Word #94856 Person=Paul Refers to Word #94634 Person=Silas Refers to Word #94681

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Only use of identical word form ἐζητήσαμεν (V-IAA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐζητήσαμεν’ (V-IAA1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we sought’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zēteō’ have 29 different glosses: ‘am seeking’, ‘are seeking’, ‘be seeking’, ‘is seeking’, ‘let_be seeking’, ‘may seek’, ‘to seek’, ‘to_be seeking’, ‘was seeking’, ‘was_being sought’, ‘were seeking’, ‘will_be seeking’, ‘will_be_being sought’, ‘I am seeking’, ‘he was seeking’, ‘he sought’, ‘him let seek’, ‘it is seeking’, ‘it is_being required’, ‘they are seeking’, ‘they were seeking’, ‘we sought’, ‘you are seeking’, ‘you_all are seeking’, ‘you_all were seeking’, ‘you_all will_be seeking’, ‘seek’, ‘seeking’, ‘sought’.

Greek words (4) other than ἐζητήσαμεν (V-IAA1··P) with a gloss related to ‘sought’

LUKE 12:48 ζητηθήσεται (zaʸtaʸthaʸsetai) V-IFP3··S ‘was given much much will_be_being sought from him and’ SR GNT Luke 12:48 word 21

OET-LV: 48 but the one not having _known, but having _done things worthy of _beatings, will _be _being _beat few blows. And to _everyone to _whom was _given much, much will _be _being _sought from him, and to _whom they _entrusted they _will _be _requesting him much, more _abundantly. (LUK_12:48)

OET-RV: 48 yet a slave that didn’t know what was expected, even if they might have done things worthy of a beating, they’ll just get a couple of blows. Everyone who’s given much is expected to do much, and everyone who’s entrusted with many things, will have much more expected back from them. (LUK 12:48)

LUKE 20:19 ἐζήτησαν (ezaʸtaʸsan) V-IAA3··P ‘and sought the scribes and’ SR GNT Luke 20:19 word 2

OET-LV: 19 And the scribes and the chief _priests sought to _lay _on their hands on him, in the_same the hour, and they _were _afraid the people, because/for they _knew that he _spoke the this parable against them. (LUK_20:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then because the religious teachers and the chief priests knew that Yeshua had used that parable to speak about them, they tried at the time to capture him, but couldn’t, because they were afraid of the number of people around. (LUK 20:19)

2 TIM 1:17 ἐζήτησεν (ezaʸtaʸsen) V-IAA3··S ‘in Ɽōmaʸ earnestly he sought me and found’ SR GNT 2 Tim 1:17 word 8

OET-LV: 17 but having _become in Ɽōmaʸ, he_ earnestly _sought me and found (TI2_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 When he came to Rome he actively searched for me and found me. (TI2 1:17)

HEB 8:7 ἐζητεῖτο (ezaʸteito) V-IIP3··S ‘not would for a second was_being sought place’ SR GNT Heb 8:7 word 12

OET-LV: 7 For/Because if the first covenant that was blameless, not would for_a_second was _being _sought place. (HEB_8:7)

OET-RV: 7 If the first agreement had been faultless, then there wouldn’t have been any need to find a second one to replace it, (HEB 8:7)

Key: V=verb